Dynamic symmetry and holistic asymmetry in Navajo and Western art and cosmology
By: Gary Witherspoon and Glen Peterson.
Contributors: Peterson, Glen, 1944-
Series: American Indian studies,; v. 5
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Navajo art.; Navajo cosmology.; Navajo philosophy.; Navajo language.; Symmetry (Art); Holism.
Description: Explores the relationship between the cultural roots of the Navajo and the aesthetic forms and styles in their sandpainting, weaving, and silverwork. Finds in the work a symmetry of the whole derived from the fundamentally asymmetrical Holy Pair embodied in the Changing Woman, and shows how that pattern is observable in other modern art and science.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-122) and index.